The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 23, 2189
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3291
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 85.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 6.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.30° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.96° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.